Jekel Loves Hyde Contest Winner

Congratulation to Amanda Baird, who was selected by random.org as the winner of Jekel Loves Hyde!! 

Thank you to everyone who entered and to all of those who made the Blog Tour possible.

Exile of Gigi Lane GiveAway

April Feature: THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

I am Gigi Lane, and you wish you were me.

Call it a mantra. Call it an affirmation. Or, quite simply, call it the truth. As incoming Head Hottie of the Hot Spot, it is Gigi Lane's responsibility to see that the ducklings at Swan's Lake Country Day School fall into line. but when one classmate exposes her as a "mean girl" in front of everybody at the Founder's Ball, Gigi slowly and wretchedly falls to the bottom of the high school social ravine. Gigi's first-person account of her plummet from popularity is insightful yet naive, set in a humorous, satiric world.

Win a copy of The Exile of Gigi Lane courtesy of Simon & Schuster...

THIS CONTEST IS OVER.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!  WE'LL BE CONTACTING THE WINNERS BY EMAIL THIS WEEEKEND.

Jekel Loves Hyde Blog Tour

We are really excited to be the first stop on the Jekel Loves Hyde Blog Tour sponsored by Page Turners Blog, one of our fabulous affiliates!  Be sure to check out all the great stops this week...

Monday- FallenArchangel

Tuesday-Eve's Fan Garden

Wed-The Story Siren

Thursday-WastePaperProse

Friday-MundieMOMs

Saturday-Page Turners Blog

Jekel Loves Hyde is by Beth Fantaskey, who by the way lives in PA like us YAY!  Visit Beth's wesbite here and read a preview of Jekel Loves Hyde here.

Charachter Bio: Dr Frederick Hyde, Tristen's father: 

Dr. Frederick Hyde is one of the world’s top psychoanalysts. He’s also an aloof, demanding parent, which makes it difficult for his son, Tristen, to determine whether Dr. Hyde’s concealing a dangerous family secret. Does the doctor’s tough exterior mask something even worse inside? Or does he honestly believe Tristen is going crazy, with his tales of a “Hyde curse?”

Music from Jekel Loves Hyde Playlist:

Q&A with the Author, Beth Fantaskey (Questions posed by Stacey (PageTurnersBlog) and Georgie "gypsywings" (Eve'sFanGarden)
1. How long did it take to write Jekel?
It took about three months to finish the first draft – then about nine months of revision. That seems to be my timeline!

2. Writing from multiple points of views is not overly common in YA novels. Why did you choose to write from both Jill and Tristen’s point of view?
I felt like Tristen was as much a main character as Jill – and facing his own significant conflicts – so I wanted to show his thought processes, too. It just seemed to me that the story wouldn’t work without both of their voices.

3. What inspired you to write re-interpretations of classic stories?
About fifteen years ago, I rediscovered all of the classic literature that I should have read in high school. I think it started with Moby Dick (which I try to pay a small tribute to, in one scene in Jessica’s Guide), and took off from there. I kept picking up these books, thinking, “Wow, there is a reason they’ve endured so long!” So the works of Austen, Dickens, Dumas, etc., are sort of the backdrop of my adult life. I guess it’s only natural that these stories come into play in my own writing, because they’ve left such a big imprint on my psyche.

Buy Jekel Loves Hyde from our Amazon Store.... 

Give Away:  Now here's the really fun part.  You can enter here to win a signed copy of Jekel Loves Hyde! Jekel & Hyde's first scene together takes place at a funeral! Where is the oddest / most unique place you met someone who eventually became your friend or boy/girl friend??  Tell us in the comments (click on "Publicar un comentario" sorry we can't figure out how to change that to English) and  and be sure to include your email address. The contest will be open through next Monday (April 26th) at Midnight EDT.  We will pick one winner at random.  Contest is open to anyone BUT if the winner is outside of the US/Canada they will be responsible for shipping charges.


Special Thanks to PageTurners for Sponsoring this fabulous BookTour, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for our review copy and to PageTurners & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for sponsoring the contest!  

Becca Fitzpatrick & HUSH HUSH Make News with Simon & Schuster UK

Simon & Schuster UK announce the exciting addition of Simon Pulse, a teen imprint that's sure to get your pulse racing.

And the really exciting news for Becca's UK fans...

....The decision to launch Simon Pulse follows huge success for Simon and Schuster Children’s Books in the YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy area in recent months, with the hardcover edition of Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush selling in excess of 100,000 copies since last autumn and L J Smith’s Dark Visions selling 75,000 copies within three months of publication.

Simon Pulse will publish the best teen gothic literature, continuing to represent some of the biggest names in contemporary supernatural fiction, such as L J Smith, Elizabeth Chandler and Nancy Holder, but will also launch début authors with the potential to crossover and be stars of the future. It will be a paperback only imprint.

Taking the Simon Pulse name from Simon and Schuster US’s teen imprint, the new list will launch with six titles, which include the first paperback publication of the bestseller Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith, The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan, Passing Strange by Dan Waters, Dark Secrets: No Time to Die & The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler and Claire de Lune, a sexy werewolf novel with a twist, from début author, Christine Johnson.....

...The launch will be marked with a major marketing, PR and social networking campaign headlined by a special visit from Fitzpatrick at a major UK convention in the autumn, for which she is being specially flown in from the US. Fitzpatrick will follow this with a nationwide tour of the UK.

How very exciting for all of Becca's UK Fans!!

The fabulous Jenny from Wondrous Reads, a leading UK Book Blog,  is pleased with the announcement, saying "Simon & Schuster Children's consistently publish some of the year's best teen novels - they know what their market wants, and they never fail to deliver. Getting a new book from them is like Christmas come early - I always end up with a new favourite and am left wanting more! The Pulse imprint is going to be HUGE!”  We agree!! 

 
Read the press release here.

Awesome Time Lapse Cover Reveal Video

Laurie Maves, the cover reveal artist, has posted this really GREAT time lapse video!!  And check it out, you can totally see Becca popping here there every once in a while.

CRESCENDO Cover Reveal SlideShow

Cover Talk

Check out these blogs about the new CRESENDO Cover...

Manga Maniac Cafe likes it better then HUSH HUSH
Books Out Of The Bookshelves shows the love for some awesome covers
Cem's Book Hideout can't wait to read CRESCENDO
AnimeSugar.com says it Gorgeous!
Eternal Night the new cover makes her want to read HUSH HUSH!
Love Reading X watched the whole reveal and wonders about the meaning of the cover
The Bookologist couldn't wait to talk about the cover
Bloody Bookaholic looks at the new cover & compares the US & UK HUSH HUSH covers

A little bit from some of our Affiliates...
Page Turners shows the chalk & actual cover images & gives you some links for more info
Late Bloomer Online thinks it amazing
Eve's Fan Garden shows off the cover & gives links to the reveal video/pics

Cover Reveal Bonus - CRESCENDO ARC Contest!!!!

By being one of the first to see the cover of Crescendo you'll have the chance to become one of the first to read it!

Now this is Exciting!!!

Here's a little something to make next Saturday's reveal even more exciting!! We've got your very first opportunity to win a CRESCENDO ARC* (WOW it feels good to day that!)

Stop by during the cover reveal on Saturday April 10 and sign our "Guest Book" (which will be under the video) to be entered into a drawing to win a CRESCENDO ARC*! Contest/Guest Book will be open from 9:00 am EST on Saturday, April 10 - 9:00 am EST on Sunday, April 11 and is OPEN INTERNATIONALLY!!

 

*As many of you know Becca has been hard at work on the final edits of Crescendo so ARCS are not yet available but the winner will receive their copy as soon as they become available. Thanks to Simon & Schuster for providing the Advance Reader Copy.